File photo: Workers at Egypt's stock exchange market are seen in the trading hall in Cairo (Photo: AP)
Egypt stocks ended the week up on Thursday despite investors' fears ahead of massive planned protests by both supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi marking the end of the latter's first year in office.
The main EGX30 index rose 1 percent for the day to record 4,685 points, led by heavyweight share Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) after Egypt's financial watchdog earlier this week approved a buy-out of the company by Dutch-listed firm OCI NV.
OCI rose 1.3 percent on Thursday, to close the day out at LE241.3 per share.
Foreign investors were net sellers for the day at some LE15.4 million, while Egyptian investors were net buyers at some LE11.1 million.
The broader EGX70 index, meanwhile, inched up 0.6 percent in a session that saw total turnover of some LE222 million.
Market bellwether Commercial International Bank, for its part, gained 0.7 percent on Thursday, along with property shares Talaat Mostafa Group, Palm Hills and SODIC, which rose by 0.5, 1.8 and 1.2 percent respectively.
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